Hansi Lo Wanghttp://wgcu.org
enBroken Promises On Display At Native American Treaties Exhibithttp://wgcu.org/post/broken-promises-display-native-american-treaties-exhibit
For centuries, treaties have defined the relationship between many Native American nations and the U.S. More than 370 ratified treaties have helped the U.S. expand its territory and led to many broken promises made to American Indians.<p>A rare <a href="http://www.nmai.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/item/?id=934" target="_blank">exhibit of such treaties at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian</a> in Washington, D.C., looks back at this history. It currently features one of the first compacts between the U.S.Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:22:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang18020 at http://wgcu.orgBroken Promises On Display At Native American Treaties ExhibitNew Year Brings New Batch Of Laws On Chickens, Recycling And Consenthttp://wgcu.org/post/new-year-brings-new-batch-laws-chickens-recycling-and-consent
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=New+Year+Brings+New+Batch+Of+Laws+On+Chickens%2C+Recycling+And+Consent&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxODMzOTM1MDEyMTY4Mzc5OTliNTMwMg004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: <p>A batch of new state laws go into effect around the country today. They address issues including sexual assault, discarded electronics and animal welfare.Thu, 01 Jan 2015 21:38:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang17436 at http://wgcu.orgDespite Low Employment, Millennials Hold Key To Reviving South Texashttp://wgcu.org/post/despite-low-employment-millennials-hold-key-reviving-south-texas
<em>This story is part of the <a href="http://www.npr.org/series/352990765/new-boom" target="_blank">New Boom</a> series on millennials in America.</em><p>Welcome to boot camp for the young and unemployed in McAllen, Texas.<p>"We're going to go ahead and do this," says instructor Marco Lopez, leading a small classroom of millennials through do's and don'ts for job seekers inside a strip mall near McAllen.<p>In this area, only half of people ages 20 to 24 have a job, <a href="http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2014/labor-market-metro-areas-teens-young-adults" target="_blank">accordiThu, 20 Nov 2014 08:55:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang16162 at http://wgcu.orgDespite Low Employment, Millennials Hold Key To Reviving South TexasAs GOP Swept Congress, Black Republicans Took Home Historic Winshttp://wgcu.org/post/gop-swept-congress-black-republicans-took-home-historic-wins
The Republican Party made historic gains during this week's midterm elections. Among their victories were three wins by black Republicans, who seem to be building momentum for diversifying the GOP ranks.<p>Mia Love — who is Mormon and Haitian-American — is one of those three, and Republicans in Utah's 4th District will be sending her to Congress next year.<p>"Many of the naysayers out there said that Utah would never elect a black, Republican, LDS woman to Congress," Love told a crowd on Tuesday. "And guess what?Sat, 08 Nov 2014 22:09:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang15854 at http://wgcu.orgAs GOP Swept Congress, Black Republicans Took Home Historic WinsInvestigation Of Deadly Spaceship Crash Begins In Mojave Deserthttp://wgcu.org/post/investigation-deadly-spaceship-crash-begins-mojave-desert
More than a dozen investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are on the ground in California's Mojave Desert to find out why a manned spaceship <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/10/31/360450511/commercial-space-ship-crashes-during-test-flight" target="_blank">crashed on Friday</a>.<p>"This was a test flight, and test flights are typically very well-documented in terms of data," Christopher Hart, acting chairman of the NTSB, told reporters during a press conference today near the crash site.Sat, 01 Nov 2014 18:17:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang15624 at http://wgcu.orgInvestigation Of Deadly Spaceship Crash Begins In Mojave DesertA Tale Of Asian Gangs Unleashed In 'Green Dragons' Filmhttp://wgcu.org/post/tale-immigration-unleashed-green-dragons-film
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c-YiIC5Bz4</p>Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:53:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang15375 at http://wgcu.orgA Tale Of Asian Gangs Unleashed In 'Green Dragons' FilmMexico Pays To Help Its Citizens Avoid Deportation From The U.S.http://wgcu.org/post/mexico-pays-help-its-citizens-avoid-deportation-us
Mexico is helping some of its citizens apply for a controversial immigration program in the U.S. called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.<p>Since the Obama administration created the program in 2012, more than 580,000 unauthorized immigrants brought to the U.S.Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:03:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang14722 at http://wgcu.orgMexico Pays To Help Its Citizens Avoid Deportation From The U.S.'Breaking Bad' Fans Get Their Fix In Spanishhttp://wgcu.org/post/breaking-bad-fans-get-their-fix-spanish
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mww3fQHVK84</p>Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:12:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang14385 at http://wgcu.org'Breaking Bad' Fans Get Their Fix In SpanishTo Model Manhood, Immigrant Dads Draw From Two Worldshttp://wgcu.org/post/model-manhood-immigrant-dads-draw-two-worlds
Lindolfo Carballo knows there's a stereotype about men like him. He grew up in San Miguel, El Salvador, he says, in a male-dominant culture.<p>"I'm coming from a so-called 'machista' country, right?Mon, 01 Sep 2014 17:55:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang13931 at http://wgcu.orgTo Model Manhood, Immigrant Dads Draw From Two Worlds50 Years Before Ferguson, A Summer Of Riots Racked The U.S.http://wgcu.org/post/50-years-ferguson-summer-riots-racked-us
Fifty years ago this summer — a half-century before the protests in Ferguson, Mo. — riots broke out in seven cities in New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Pennsylvania, sparked by confrontations between black residents and their predominantly white police forces.<p>In Philadelphia, the violence began after dark, in late August.<p>"It was a hot day and just wasn't too much activity in the hood, as they say," remembers Kenneth Salaam, who was 15 years old in 1964.<p>He was hanging out in his North Philadelphia neighborhood with friends when police cars began zipping by one after another.Sun, 24 Aug 2014 13:59:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang13691 at http://wgcu.org50 Years Before Ferguson, A Summer Of Riots Racked The U.S.Wanted At Barneys New York: An 'Anti-Profiling Consultant'http://wgcu.org/post/wanted-barneys-new-york-anti-profiling-consultant
The luxury retailer Barneys New York is hiring.<p>WANTED: an "anti-profiling consultant."<p>The hire is just one part of Barneys' new settlement with the New York state attorney general's office, as <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/08/11/339641172/barneys-agrees-to-settlement-over-racial-profiling-allegations" target="_blank">The Two-Way reported</a> this week.<p>The state launched a nine-month investigation after <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=241903939" target="_blank">two African-American customers claimed they were racially profiled</a> and fThu, 14 Aug 2014 15:15:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang13385 at http://wgcu.orgWanted At Barneys New York: An 'Anti-Profiling Consultant'Uncertainty Stalls Recruiting Efforts For Deportation Reliefhttp://wgcu.org/post/uncertainty-stalls-recruiting-efforts-deportation-relief
Next week marks the second anniversary of the start of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. It allows young immigrants — those who were brought to the U.S. illegally before turning 16 — to avoid deportation and get a work permit for two years.<p>But the program is not being used as widely as you might expect.Wed, 06 Aug 2014 20:44:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang13141 at http://wgcu.orgUncertainty Stalls Recruiting Efforts For Deportation ReliefJames Shigeta 'Led The Way' For Asian-American Lovers On Screenhttp://wgcu.org/post/james-shigeta-led-way-asian-american-lovers-screen
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU_tjTkccHM</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNaxQ9CWX1Q</p>Sat, 02 Aug 2014 11:56:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang13014 at http://wgcu.orgJames Shigeta 'Led The Way' For Asian-American Lovers On Screen'Without Tommy, There's No Ramones'http://wgcu.org/post/without-tommy-theres-no-ramones
Punk rock music has lost one of its earliest pioneers.<p>Tommy Ramone <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/07/12/330893277/tommy-ramone-last-original-member-of-the-ramones-dies-at-62">died of cancer on Friday</a> at his home in Queens, N.Y.Sun, 13 Jul 2014 15:04:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang12318 at http://wgcu.org'Without Tommy, There's No Ramones'Language Barriers Pose Challenges For Mayan Migrant Children http://wgcu.org/post/language-barriers-pose-challenges-mayan-migrant-children
Among the tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors who have come from Central America this year are children who speak little or no Spanish. Many are from Guatemala's indigenous communities, who speak more than 20 different Mayan languages.<p>Rafael Domingo, 16, grew up in Guatemala speaking Q'anjob'al, sometimes referred to as Kanjobal. The youngest son of a single mother, he rode a bus, walked for miles and crossed a river before he was stopped at the Texas border.<p>"It was so difficult to come to this country," Domingo says through an interpreter.<p>His journey in the U.S.Tue, 01 Jul 2014 23:01:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang11944 at http://wgcu.orgLanguage Barriers Pose Challenges For Mayan Migrant Children Wave Of Guatemalan Migrant Children Presents Unique Challengeshttp://wgcu.org/post/wave-guatemalan-migrant-children-presents-unique-challenges
President Obama issued a warning this week to any parents in Mexico and Central America considering allowing their children to cross the U.S. border alone.<p>"Do not send your children to the borders," <a href="https://gma.yahoo.com/obama-warns-central-americans-not-send-children-borders-020057500--abc-news-topstories.html" target="_blank">he told ABC News</a>. "If they do make it, they'll get sent back.Fri, 27 Jun 2014 20:23:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang11817 at http://wgcu.orgWave Of Guatemalan Migrant Children Presents Unique ChallengesThe Map Of Native American Tribes You've Never Seen Beforehttp://wgcu.org/post/map-native-american-tribes-youve-never-seen
Finding an address on a map can be taken for granted in the age of GPS and smartphones.Tue, 24 Jun 2014 20:38:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang11695 at http://wgcu.orgThe Map Of Native American Tribes You've Never Seen BeforeRuling On Redskins' Trademarks Carries Symbolic Weighthttp://wgcu.org/post/redskins-cancelled-tradmarks-spell-symbolic-victory-critics
Transcript <p>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: <p>From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.<p>MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: <p>And I'm Melissa Block. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has canceled six trademark registrations held by the Washington Redskins. Today's ruling determined the football teams trademark name is disparaging to Native Americans and unfit for federal registration. But as Hansi Lo Wang of NPR's Code Switch team reports, the team still owns the Redskins name and can continue to use it.<p>HANSI LO WANG, BYLINE: Let's be clear.Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:32:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang11483 at http://wgcu.org50 Years Ago, Freedom Summer Began By Training For Battlehttp://wgcu.org/post/50-years-ago-freedom-summer-began-training-battle
Idealism drove hundreds of college students to Mississippi 50 years ago.<p>In 1964, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/08/02/206813091/to-60s-civil-rights-hero-math-is-kids-formula-for-success" target="_blank">civil rights activist Bob Moses</a> led the campaign to register black voters and educate black children in that state.Sat, 14 Jun 2014 12:57:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang11346 at http://wgcu.org50 Years Ago, Freedom Summer Began By Training For BattleAn Opera Remembers The Tragedy Of An Asian-American Soldierhttp://wgcu.org/post/opera-remembers-tragedy-asian-american-soldier
About two years ago, playwright David Henry Hwang turned down an offer to write a play about the brief life and suicide of Army Pvt. Danny Chen.<p>But an opera? He couldn't refuse.<p>"This is a story with big emotions, big primary colors in a way, and big plot events," says Hwang, who wrote the libretto for <em>An American Soldier</em>, a new hourlong opera commissioned by Washington National Opera.<p>Set to premiere on Friday at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the production is based on news accounts of Chen's life and the investigation into his death.Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:28:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang11322 at http://wgcu.orgAn Opera Remembers The Tragedy Of An Asian-American SoldierCivil Rights Activist Yuri Kochiyama Dies At 93http://wgcu.org/post/civil-rights-activist-yuri-kochiyama-dies-93
Prominent activist Yuri Kochiyama has died of natural causes at 93. The civil rights champion successfully fought for reparations to be paid to Japanese-Americans interned during World War II.Mon, 02 Jun 2014 20:36:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang10951 at http://wgcu.orgYuri Kochiyama, Activist And Former World War II Internee, Dies At 93http://wgcu.org/post/japanese-american-activist-and-malcolm-x-ally-dies-93
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcDmvJ4pb5c</p>Mon, 02 Jun 2014 04:51:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang10922 at http://wgcu.orgYuri Kochiyama, Activist And Former World War II Internee, Dies At 93Isla Vista Killing Spree Claims 7 Lives, Including Suspecthttp://wgcu.org/post/isla-vista-shooting
Transcript <p>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: <p>This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Michel Martin. We begin this hour in Isla Vista, Calif. The small college town near Santa Barbara continues to grieve this morning after a killing spree late Friday night. Authorities say 22-year-old Elliott Rodger apparently took his own life after killing six others and injuring 13.Sun, 25 May 2014 12:02:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang10685 at http://wgcu.orgCongress To Award Highest Honor To Army's Only Latino Unithttp://wgcu.org/post/congress-award-highest-honor-armys-only-latino-unit
Congress <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:h.r.1726:" target="_blank">passed a bill</a> on Thursday to honor the U.S. Army's only segregated Latino unit with the Congressional Gold Medal.Fri, 23 May 2014 19:49:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang10643 at http://wgcu.orgCongress To Award Highest Honor To Army's Only Latino UnitOklahoma's Latino Community Prepares For The Next Tornadohttp://wgcu.org/post/oklahomas-latino-community-prepares-next-tornado
A devastating EF-5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., a year ago Tuesday. Just 11 days later, another twister ravaged the Oklahoma City metro area.<p>Nine of the 23 people who died as a result of the second storm were members of the local Latino community.Tue, 20 May 2014 07:31:00 +0000Hansi Lo Wang10505 at http://wgcu.orgOklahoma's Latino Community Prepares For The Next Tornado